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Front Cover
The Ethics of Hacking
Copyright information
Dedication
Table of contents
Introduction
What are ‘political’ hackers?
A method for evaluating a fluid collective
Positioning the debate
Structure
1 Hacks, Hackers and Political Hacking
Introduction
The evolving history of hacking and the birth of a political Anonymous
Online rights and freedoms
Oversight and transparency
Beyond information freedoms
A political violence spectrum
Harms and damages
Intent, motivation and context
Severity
Who on whom
Political hacking as political violence
Conclusion
2 An Ethical Framework for Hacking Operations
Introduction
Filling the void: hackers using political violence
Justifying the act
Expanding vital interests in cyberspace
Vital interests and self-defence
Wider consequences and protecting innocents
Decision-making and limiting bias
Levels of justification and political violence
Conclusion
3 Political Autonomy, the Arab Spring and Anonymous
Introduction
(Political) autonomy: freedom of expression, access to information and association
Cyber-information rights
A spectrum of cyber-interests
Anonymous and the Arab Spring
Applying the just criteria
The level of political violence: ‘online care packages’ and DDoS attacks
Conclusion
4 Leaks: From Whistleblowing to Doxxing
Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing
The value of being informed
Who to infiltrate
Knowing what and when to leak
WikiLeaks as ethical whistleblowing, a prelude to a retaliatory hack
Institutional doxxing: public interest hacks
HBGary Federal
Doxxing individuals and the human flesh machine
Conclusion
5 Correcting the Failure of the State
Introduction
The value of good laws
An extraordinary activity
Holding the police to justice: Operation BART, Ferguson and Cleveland
Shutting down websites versus releasing names
Nigeria/Uganda
Stopping dark-web paedophiles
Fighting ISIS
Conclusion
6 Looking Back, Moving Forward
Introduction
Limiting the abuse
Right intention
Practical limits
Political hacking and reshaping the approach
Political and legal responses
Conceptualization of national security
Supporting national security leaks
The open-source state
Conclusion
Conclusion
References
Index